OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make schedules more predictable for train crews to address the quality of life
FILE - A Union Pacific worker walks between two locomotives being serviced in a railyard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2023. OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make schedules more predictable for train crews to address the quality of life concerns that nearly caused a nationwide rail strike two years ago, according to the union that represents engineers.
“It’s been a game changer,” said Mark Ganong, who has worked for Union Pacific in Texas for 22 years. “I think it’s improved my quality of life — well, I know it has. I think it’s improved my overall health, my attitude and my ability to schedule things.” The basic concept of the new schedule is that after engineers remain available to drive trains for 11 days in a row they get four days off in a row that they can plan on ahead of time. Within those 11 days, there has to be at least one break between shifts because federal rules require 24 hours off after engineers work four straight days, but it’s hard to predict where that time off will fall. The promised four days off are scheduled out for the entire year ahead.
One of the initial changes the railroad is trying is that engineers who are coming back from their scheduled time off are now being put at the top of the list for the next train, but that has the consequence of bumping other engineers down and making their lives less predictable. “She kind of grew so accustomed to me being gone. It was just kind of like she expected me gone more than home,” Rouse said. He still might have long days at the chemical plant where he works now, but at least he is home each night and knows when he will be off.
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